Ms Abbott, a staunch Remainer, claimed she was too sick to attend the vote, where she would’ve been expected to follow Labour’s three-line whip, which called on MPs to back the Government’s plans for Brexit.

ITN journalist Nick Wallace approached Ms Abbott after she was spotted arriving home by car.

In the footage, the reporter can be heard shouting: “Could you give us just two minutes of your time, please?

“She thought she could get away from it,” he said. “Others have the integrity to resign from the shadow cabinet.

“I disagree with their vote but not with their integrity.

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“Jeremy Corbyn and the shadow cabinet decided the party position – she is in that shadow cabinet.”

Mr Mann added: “If she had been rushed to hospital, then, of course, that’s perfectly rational and reasonable.

“But I think she should apologise to the party for her actions and she should resign.”

Forty-seven Labour MPs defied their leader, and on Thursday shadow chancellor John McDonnell said rebel backbench MPs would not be required to resign for the refusal to come into line with Mr Corbyn – but members of the shadow cabinet would.

Mr Corbyn had to deal with three members of his shadow cabinet resigning before the vote, which ended with 498 votes to 114 to allow the Prime Minister to trigger Article 50.